Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin - B - Fridays 11am

Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 5/1/2025 9:00 AM EDT

9000 Babcock Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15237 United States
PSC 101
7/11/2025-8/8/2025
11:00 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Fri

Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin - B - Fridays 11am

Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 5/1/2025 9:00 AM EDT

The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin examines the multifaceted roles of Benjamin Franklin as the quintessential American figure throughout the eighteenth century. The survey traces his progression from a Puritan migrant in Philadelphia to a city planner, advocate for the middle class, printer, humorist, inventor, scientist, philosopher, and politician. Momentous events covered in this course include Franklin's transition from a British loyalist to an American patriot, his lively debates with Parliament, signing the Declaration of Independence, serving as ambassador to France, and his contributions to the U.S. Constitution. The course is supported with engaging lectures and stimulating PowerPoint presentations and video documentaries.

Grimes, Richard
Richard Grimes

Dr. Richard S. Grimes has taught Native American history and early American history for 25 years at West Virginia University and Lifelong Learning Program for West Virginia University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Duquesne University, and LaRoche University. He currently teaches at Penn State University-Beaver. An active researcher and writer, his book The Western Delaware Indian Nation, 1730–1795: Warriors and Diplomats was published by Lehigh University Press, Studies in the Eighteenth Century and the Atlantic World (October 2017).